Happy New Year.
heh yeah I know I'm about 5 days late but happy new year to all anyway and hope this year, new miracles and life can only get better for you guys.
Celebration was quite MEMORABLE. Kenley and I almost past the new year in a BUS. haha.. we were only our way to the Esplanade to catch the fireworks..Kenley wanted to see that very much cos it was really magnificent and beautiful (according to him) and so I was quite interested to catch that too. While on the bus still, with NO TV mobile (how sway can we get?!) I was quite upset when it was nearing 12 (such moments mean quite a bit to me) and Kenley couldn't take my whining (haha.. and I think I looked in quite a bad shape) and got us out of the bus wherevere we were (PS that is) just 3 mins before countdown. We were just walking about less than 10 steps and we could hear the surrounding people starting to cheer. Then I was like, 'Oh great! Happy new year! OK we can go back on our way to Esplanade again..' haha. But we manage to catch the fireworks from a distance while we walked from PS to Esplanade. Wha.. damn crowded man. We manage to walk all the way to the river, just the two of us.. quite tiring.. the both of us were tired to start off with.. But we succumbed to our physiological demands and took the train home. hah. We both were gone the moment we reached home. At least we caught the fireworks.
After the new year's day, I was obviously busy with lots of stuff like trainings, parties, module bidding, trainings, module biddings and trainings and module biddings.
So far, i've only got ONE module.. yeah, after all that, i've only managed to get ONE .. it's already round 2B.. I'm not getting the modules that I want just cos I've not enough of the bidding points to start off with. People think that this bidding system is fair, cos depending on how much you want that module, you put that amount of bid points that you can afford. But you see, if you have not enough points cos you used them for various modules on the previous semesters. It's like, why should a student be deprived of the modules that interest him/her so much, AND, which, by the way, are of paramount importance in future studies should that student want to further in that particular major?
Yes I'm talking about my situation. Currently I can't get two particular modules that are really useful and good for my future studies in psychology and I can't get them just because of this rigid, stringent system of numerics, coated with a layer of the code of conduct as cultivated in the academic society in this country of being, what we call 'kiasu' (afraid to lose)... so basically, whoever spoils the market first, wins. And those who truthfully want that certain module but can't afford it, lose out.
Now i'm just waiting for next week to come cos it's the week of 'trial' where students go for the first lecture of their modules and can decide to drop it if they do not want it. So yeah, I'm hopeful.
Arghh.. It's just so exasperating. So frustrating. So (as usual) stressful.
Maybe there's no need to be so hard-up on this after all. Maybe I can get it by appealing. There's always CORShelp. There's always the hotline. There's always emails. There's always the sincere effort to go down personally to ask.
Yea so I've got options. Best thing is, I think I'm not gonna stay for honours. I wanna graduate. People might say, 'goodness, why the hurry to start work? why not get that title?' For me, I've got my reasons, I guess. Yea it used to be my dream of having that '(Hons)' at the back of my 'B.Soc.Sci. Psychology'. But if I'm aiming for something higher, this '(Hons)' shouldn't matter.. It's like, if I'm gonna get an A' Level certificate in the end, the O' Level cert might not be necessary anymore. And *poof* schools like RGS and ACS(I) - ('I' that stands for 'International') - have a separate program for students who proceed straight to doing their A's.
I dunno if that's a good analogy, but you see my point. I HAVE to attain a higher degree in order to practice Psychology in S'pore. Since I know I already can't make it for both first and second upper class in honours, I'm not gonna waste any time. I'm not really hard up with the extra inital salary that I can command plainly with a honour's degree. It's merely about $200-$300 difference compared to a non-honour's grad. If I spend that one year pursuing my honour's degree working, I think I can earn more in one year than when the honour's grad comes out.
No hard feelings but this is just my plan. Of course, getting an honour's degree is best - it's our only chance! But looking at my chances and my options, I think this is my possible route. No confirms yet, just thinking .. thinking quite seriously..
Celebration was quite MEMORABLE. Kenley and I almost past the new year in a BUS. haha.. we were only our way to the Esplanade to catch the fireworks..Kenley wanted to see that very much cos it was really magnificent and beautiful (according to him) and so I was quite interested to catch that too. While on the bus still, with NO TV mobile (how sway can we get?!) I was quite upset when it was nearing 12 (such moments mean quite a bit to me) and Kenley couldn't take my whining (haha.. and I think I looked in quite a bad shape) and got us out of the bus wherevere we were (PS that is) just 3 mins before countdown. We were just walking about less than 10 steps and we could hear the surrounding people starting to cheer. Then I was like, 'Oh great! Happy new year! OK we can go back on our way to Esplanade again..' haha. But we manage to catch the fireworks from a distance while we walked from PS to Esplanade. Wha.. damn crowded man. We manage to walk all the way to the river, just the two of us.. quite tiring.. the both of us were tired to start off with.. But we succumbed to our physiological demands and took the train home. hah. We both were gone the moment we reached home. At least we caught the fireworks.
After the new year's day, I was obviously busy with lots of stuff like trainings, parties, module bidding, trainings, module biddings and trainings and module biddings.
So far, i've only got ONE module.. yeah, after all that, i've only managed to get ONE .. it's already round 2B.. I'm not getting the modules that I want just cos I've not enough of the bidding points to start off with. People think that this bidding system is fair, cos depending on how much you want that module, you put that amount of bid points that you can afford. But you see, if you have not enough points cos you used them for various modules on the previous semesters. It's like, why should a student be deprived of the modules that interest him/her so much, AND, which, by the way, are of paramount importance in future studies should that student want to further in that particular major?
Yes I'm talking about my situation. Currently I can't get two particular modules that are really useful and good for my future studies in psychology and I can't get them just because of this rigid, stringent system of numerics, coated with a layer of the code of conduct as cultivated in the academic society in this country of being, what we call 'kiasu' (afraid to lose)... so basically, whoever spoils the market first, wins. And those who truthfully want that certain module but can't afford it, lose out.
Now i'm just waiting for next week to come cos it's the week of 'trial' where students go for the first lecture of their modules and can decide to drop it if they do not want it. So yeah, I'm hopeful.
Arghh.. It's just so exasperating. So frustrating. So (as usual) stressful.
Maybe there's no need to be so hard-up on this after all. Maybe I can get it by appealing. There's always CORShelp. There's always the hotline. There's always emails. There's always the sincere effort to go down personally to ask.
Yea so I've got options. Best thing is, I think I'm not gonna stay for honours. I wanna graduate. People might say, 'goodness, why the hurry to start work? why not get that title?' For me, I've got my reasons, I guess. Yea it used to be my dream of having that '(Hons)' at the back of my 'B.Soc.Sci. Psychology'. But if I'm aiming for something higher, this '(Hons)' shouldn't matter.. It's like, if I'm gonna get an A' Level certificate in the end, the O' Level cert might not be necessary anymore. And *poof* schools like RGS and ACS(I) - ('I' that stands for 'International') - have a separate program for students who proceed straight to doing their A's.
I dunno if that's a good analogy, but you see my point. I HAVE to attain a higher degree in order to practice Psychology in S'pore. Since I know I already can't make it for both first and second upper class in honours, I'm not gonna waste any time. I'm not really hard up with the extra inital salary that I can command plainly with a honour's degree. It's merely about $200-$300 difference compared to a non-honour's grad. If I spend that one year pursuing my honour's degree working, I think I can earn more in one year than when the honour's grad comes out.
No hard feelings but this is just my plan. Of course, getting an honour's degree is best - it's our only chance! But looking at my chances and my options, I think this is my possible route. No confirms yet, just thinking .. thinking quite seriously..
posted by michelle at 12:49 PM
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hey!
I heard that the women's waterpolo team is going for commonwealth!!! I thought you're in the team? How come you're not promoting the team at all?? You were not selected?? Sorry... I used to play in another team too...thought there would be lots of "girl power" going around...hmmhmm anyway, good luck to the team! nice to see a local team making it to international scene.
~singapore sports fan
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